Gaiastan is science fiction inspired by a libertarian’s observations on the eco-fascist movement.
A Primer from William N. Ellis, “A Gaian Paradigm”
“a Gaian paradigm,” not only has many roots but, can be, and is becoming, the underpinning of a new global network of cultures replacing the now dominant and domineering man-centered industrial cultures. The new cultures will, like all cultures, be holistic unified coherence of interdependent components — religion, economics. social, art, and others. The emergence of a Gaian paradigm is resulting in a deep fundamental transition of our world-view, our social institutions and our lifestyles.”
About the novel:
Individualism, Judeo-Christian tradition, and Western Thought have been eradicated, replaced with a new paradigm- a system rooted in the morality of the hive. It’s an ideology that regards human self-interest as vulgar, adversarial, exploitative, and a scourge upon the living planet. Gaiastan is the product of this anti-renaissance with low humanity regarded as merely a vile state to be overcome. The Gaian Paradigm is humanities’ Great Leap Forward… to “punctuate the equilibrium”, as the Gaians describe it… The filthy, mortal primate shall be transformed into the immortal Overman.
Gaia is The Paradigm.
Gaianism is the Religion.
Gaiastan is the Nation.
The plot…
Indigo and Staley are two survivors of the seventh failed mission to Mars. They are Gaiastan heroes, sent out on triumph as the embodiment of national pride and the fulfillment of Overman destiny. But their tour takes them beyond the totalitarian order of ecotopia. They venture across the vast Dehumanized Zones and into the wildlands populated by dwindling populations of serfs known as ‘undermen’. It is out there, beyond the omnipotent social pressure and omnipresent surveillance that an unexpected chain of events begins to unfold.
The wounds left by their disastrous Mars mission drive Staley off on an opiate-induced walkabout and Indigo into the arms of the beautiful exile D’naia- a failed elite, cast off by the Overmen for her refusal to be conditioned.
Mr. Lever is a ‘Sunstein Agent’ sent to investigate the disappearance of the two heroes. An immortal member of a high order of elites, Lever’s job to is to ‘nudge’ the wrongminded back into The Paradigm. But the discovery of Staley’s fate changes the nature of his mission. It is decided that the AWOL heroes must be brought back to have their minds reformatted.
All the while, the unhuman cannibals close in upon the undustrialized, luddite village of Hegeltown.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty Two
Chapter Twenty Three
Chapter Twenty Four
